FOIA Guide Seminar Scheduled for June 17

As
announced through FOIA Post four weeks ago, the Office of Information
and Privacy is planning to hold its largest FOIA-training program, the FOIA
Guide Seminar, upon completion of its revision of the Freedom of Information
Act Guide & Privacy Act Overview reference volume this year. See
FOIA Post, "New FOIA Guide
& Privacy Act Overview to Be Published in May" (posted 1/23/04).

OIP
has now made final arrangements for this program to be held on Thursday, June
17, in the amphitheater of the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center Building
in Washington, D.C., the same location at which it was held in June 2002 upon
completion of the May 2002 "FOIA Guide." As in the past, this seminar will be
conducted from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. or later, depending upon the volume
of participation and the logistics of program coordination in this location.

This
governmentwide FOIA program, designed primarily for the agency access professional
or agency official who needs only a periodic update on current FOIA case law
and policy developments, is conducted by OIP with funding support from the Department
of Justice's National Advocacy Center, which allows it to be held in the Reagan
Building's facilities. Arrangements have been made for the amphitheater to accommodate
more than 600 attendees for this program.

As
with other Department of Justice FOIA-training programs, this seminar is available
to the employees of all federal agencies, free of charge, subject only to space
limitations. See FOIA Post, "FOIA
Training Opportunities, Fiscal Year 2004" (posted 7/23/03). Now that the
date for the seminar has been set, agency FOIA personnel may register for it
by calling the Office of Information and Privacy at (202) 514-3642.

Questions
regarding the FOIA Guide Seminar, or about any of the Department of Justice's
FOIA-training programs, also may be directed to OIP's Training Officer, Bertina
Adams Cleveland, at (202) 514-1010. (posted 2/19/04)